Gurgaon: India on Friday made it very clear that its decision to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan was not a "dilution" of its demand for action against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack and said Islamabad must deliver on its "frequently indicated promise" in this regard.
Articulating India's expectation from...

Karachi: He is looking forward to Pakistan touring India later this year, but flamboyant allrounder Shahid Afridi feels the resumption of bilateral cricket ties between the two countries can be a complete success only if the Indians also visit his nation.
After returning home from Colombo on Wednesday, Afridi said he...

Washington: Americans don't understand cricket, but they like it, particularly of the diplomatic variety between friend India and ally Pakistan.
"We're for cricket. We don't understand it, but we like it," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters amid laughter on Monday when asked to comment on resumption of IndiaPakistan cricketing...

Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that he hopes the resumption of IndoPak cricketing ties would become a "formidable confidencebuilding measure" adding to the "positive atmosphere" in bilateral relations.
"I am sanguine that cricket matches between our two countries would prove to...

Tokyo: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday during which he strongly raised the issue of antiIndia activities being carried out from the Pakistani soil, maintaining that New Delhi has given additional concrete evidence of the same.
Krishna, who met Khar on the sidelines...

New Delhi: The IndoPak Foreign Secretary level talks ended on Thursday morning with Pakistan proposing a joint investigation into the 26/11 Mumbai carnage and categorically stating that Pakistan has not been involved in any terror act in India.
Addressing a press conference after the talks, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Jalil Jilani said,...

Lahore: Pakistan's Test and oneday captain Misbahul Haq on Thursday called for a quick revival of matches against archrivals India, saying that fans were keen to see the teams play. "It is very important that we have a quick revival of IndoPak cricket, because fans desperately want to see both...

Gurgaon: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday endorsed the idea of resuming the bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan, but expressed his doubts over the scheduling of matches. "If Pakistan come and play here, it's good for us. But I don't know about the scheduling... How they will fit it....

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf remains positive about reviving bilateral cricket ties with India, following President Asif Ali Zardari's weekend trip to New Delhi. India stalled cricket ties with Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.
"I am positive about it because I had...

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Monday called for the resumption of cricket ties with archrivals India.
"Pakistan pushes for cricket ties with every country, especially with India," Khar told reporters while watching the third and final Twenty20 between Pakistan and England here on Monday.
"I remember that Prime...

Lahore: The BCCI has invited PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf for talks early next month to discuss a bilateral Test series between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan are due to tour India in MarchApril next year under the ICC Future Tour Programme. However, since India have suspended bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan since...

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Zaka Ashraf claims to have told his Indian counterpart that Pakistan is willing to tour India in a bid to restore bilateral cricket ties the two both countries.
Ashraf told the media before leaving for Dubai that he had sent a...